Sho!Mag Issue 2 August 2015 Sho! Issue#3 September 2015 | Page 5

C
eega Wa Meropa, born Sipho Tshabalala. This
very much talented young Deejay was born in
a town called Bethlehem in the province of the Free
State, South Africa. Surprising enough, very little is
known about the Free State sound and deejays as
there have been a handful of “Deep House
Deejays” originating in that part of South Africa.
With the talented Ceega in the game, all of that is
bound to change as the Free State province is
firmly represented by this young talent. It is a known fact that, ever since being introduced
to his mixtape series “Meropa Sessions” I hustled
hard to get Ceega to lace up a guest set my show
“SoulKulcha”. Sad to say that my show is no
more and getting Ceega to do a guest set for that
show now seems like an impossible mission. So, I
guess having a “one on one” with this talented
young man would do for the time being, that is up
until I find my way back to radio and then start
hustling him for a guest mix feature again!!!
If I recall correctly and I stand to be corrected as
“old age” is finally creeping up on a brother:-). I
first came across some of his projects last year
while still doing some hustle for my radio show
“SoulKulcha” which was back then housed by a
South African internet based radio station called
“House365Radio”. The project that got me listing
and noticing Ceega’s talent and passion was his
weekly mixtape series simply titled “Meropa
Sessions”. Little did I know that this weekly
mixtape series has been Mzansi’s best kept secret
since the year 2012. I might be ashamed to say that,
I caught on a bit late, but matters is that finally, I
caught on. Yes, since that day I have never looked
back and still enjoying his sounds. To be honest what really impressed me about
Ceega was his “work ethic” and the amount of
“hard work” placed in his project. Believe me, I
know having a weekly mixtape series that has
about on average 50 000 regular downloads takes
a lot to get done. I tried
and that was only for
two months and that
soon made way for a
monthly
mixtape
series. This young
talented
Deejay has
truly made sure that
“we don't listen to bad
music”...